Then Weohstan's son, loyal until the end,
gave orders to the owners of the dwellings,
many important people in the land,
to search for wood from places far away
for the burning of the dear king's dead body.
"Now fire will consume
our leader in battle, the fire will darken
around him who even remained in the battlefields,
when the arrows of the battle shot from bowstrings
attacked his shield. The spear hit home.
Feather-fledged, it encountered the sharp ends of the arrow while flying."
Next the wise son of Weohstan
called from among the king's nobles
a group of seven: he chose the best
and entered with them, the eighth of their number,
under the God-cursed roof; one raised
a torch on fire and led the way.
No lots were cast for people who would steal the valuables
because it was obvious to them that every bit of it
lay vulnerable within the storage,
there for people to take. It was not hard
to hurry to work and pull out
the priceless storage. They threw the dragon
over the clifftop, let the tide's flow
and backwash take the treasure-minder.
Then coiled gold was loaded on a cart
in great amounts, and the gray-haired leader,
the prince on his bier, was carried to Hronesness.
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Then Weohstan's son, loyal until the end,
gave orders to the owners of the dwellings,
many important people in the land,
to search for wood from places far away
for the burning of the dear king's dead body.
"Now fire will consume
our leader in battle, the fire will darken
around him who even remained in the battlefields,
when the arrows of the battle shot from bowstrings
attacked his shield. The spear hit home.
Feather-fledged, it encountered the sharp ends of the arrow while flying."
Next the wise son of Weohstan
called from among the king's nobles
a group of seven: he chose the best
and entered with them, the eighth of their number,
under the God-cursed roof; one raised
a torch on fire and led the way.
No lots were cast for people who would steal the valuables
because it was obvious to them that every bit of it
lay vulnerable within the storage,
there for people to take. It was not hard
to hurry to work and pull out
the priceless storage. They threw the dragon
over the clifftop, let the tide's flow
and backwash take the treasure-minder.
Then coiled gold was loaded on a cart
in great amounts, and the gray-haired leader,
the prince on his bier, was carried to Hronesness.